Institute renamed after Kelman

Institute renamed after Kelman

As well as having the Institute for Integrative Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding renamed in his honor, Herbert C. Kelman was also elected honor president of the new Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation.

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Emeritus professor named honorary president of Vienna-based peace building institute

The Kelman Institute is affiliated with the Center for Peace Research and Peace Education at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. Its primary focus is on conflict transformation and peace building in international and intercommunal relations. Its work follows the tradition of interactive problem solving — an approach developed by Kelman and his associates, which is derived from the pioneering work of John Burton and is anchored in social-psychological principles, and which Kelman has applied most extensively to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the past four decades.